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The crisis in the Bayelsa state chapter of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), took another twist Saturday, with the state executive of the party announcing the suspension of a former governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva and four others from the party. The State chairman of the party, Timipa Tiwei Orunimighe and the […]

The Department of Petroleum Resources has sealed off four filling stations in Akwa Ibom State for selling premium motor spirit (PMS) above the federal government approved price of N86.50. DPR has also fined Jobina filling station located in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital the sum of N1 million for selling petroleum product after DPR […]

The House of Representatives is working on the amendment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act to prescribe a 20-year jail term for any politically exposed person (PEP) and those working in the private sector convicted of economic and financial crimes. The amendment bill to the EFCC Act, 2004 sponsored by Hon. Bassey […]

Kaduna state will soon embark on massive retraining of its teachers, while the state plans to recruit more teachers to provide school children with qualitative education, as 44% teachers in the state are not qualified to teach, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said. Addressing an interactive session with selected journalists in Kaduna, he said that the […]

No fewer than 147 “over-aged” teaching and non-teaching staff of Delta State-owned tertiary institutions have been penciled down for retirement this was said in Delta state by the Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa. The affected staff are from the Colleges of Education in Agbor, Warri and Mosogar; as well as the three state-owned Polytechnics in Ogwashi-Uku, […]

The Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board has uncovered over 200 fake teachers in nine local government areas of the state. Following the ongoing personal audit of teachers in the state by SUBEB, it was discovered that the bulk of the exposed teachers were in the nine LGAs out of the 18 council areas […]

Following the letter that was written by Detained  leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, in which he urged the British Government  to intervene in his case and compel President Muhammadu Buhari to release him from prison,  IPOB has clarified  that the letter was misinterpreted. The Head of IPOB media and […]

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in a statement by the state commissioner for the environment, Babatunde Adejare said on Thursday that the restriction of movement between 7 Am and 10 am on environmental sanitation days will no longer take effect. The statement revealed that the Government cannot afford to shut down a mega city like Lagos for a period of three […]Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday in Washington DC that he will critically review the 2016 Appropriation Bill  passed by the National Assembly before assenting to it. Speaking at a meeting with the United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, President Buhari said that in view of the controversial alteration and padding of the budget […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation {NNPC} says it is committed to boosting the nation’s refining capacity, which in turn would put an end to perennial fuel scarcity in the country. NNPC Chief Operating Officer {COO} Refineries Mr. Anibo Kragha made the remark at the opening of the technical bid for the location of new refineries […]

This commentary is inspired by Olusegun Adeniyi’s “Of wailers, counterwailers and Buharideens” (ThisDay, March 31). In that piece, the ace journalist and public affairs commentator successfully defines the tri-polarities governing public responses to the Muhammadu Buhari administration.  The take-away is that the biggest challenge that Nigeria faces at the moment is political partisanship, which has divided […]

The disquieting news the other day that Nigeria occupies the unenviable global position of second and third in terms of the disease burden for HIV-AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) should put all citizens on alert, given the highly infectious nature of these deadly diseases. With 574,600 cases or 338 per 100,000 of the 170 million population, […]